He, however, lost to Younes Saddiki of Morocco in the quarter-finals and Algeria’s Salim Rebahi in the repechage.

Yusuf who is representing the NJF President, Timothy Nsirim, at the Games however, said the judo sport had a bright future in Nigeria.

“With what I have seen here in Rabat, Nigeria has a very good chance of dominating the sport in Africa.

“All what is needed is the cooperation of all stakeholders. From my observation and what I have seen so far, Nigeria has what it takes to be the number one nation when it comes to judo in Africa.

“But there is need to work together as a team, because while we may not have won any medal here at the games, it is not because of lack of talents and good judokas,” the former Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on Sports Facilities to Akinwunmi Ambode, the former Lagos State Governor, said.